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-rw-r--r--kernel/capability.c42
-rw-r--r--kernel/cred.c6
2 files changed, 43 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index 9e9385f132c..0a3d2c863a1 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include <linux/security.h>
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
#include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
+#include <linux/user_namespace.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
/*
@@ -299,17 +300,48 @@ error:
* This sets PF_SUPERPRIV on the task if the capability is available on the
* assumption that it's about to be used.
*/
-int capable(int cap)
+bool capable(int cap)
+{
+ return ns_capable(&init_user_ns, cap);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable);
+
+/**
+ * ns_capable - Determine if the current task has a superior capability in effect
+ * @ns: The usernamespace we want the capability in
+ * @cap: The capability to be tested for
+ *
+ * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability currently
+ * available for use, false if not.
+ *
+ * This sets PF_SUPERPRIV on the task if the capability is available on the
+ * assumption that it's about to be used.
+ */
+bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
{
if (unlikely(!cap_valid(cap))) {
printk(KERN_CRIT "capable() called with invalid cap=%u\n", cap);
BUG();
}
- if (security_capable(current_cred(), cap) == 0) {
+ if (security_capable(ns, current_cred(), cap) == 0) {
current->flags |= PF_SUPERPRIV;
- return 1;
+ return true;
}
- return 0;
+ return false;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ns_capable);
+
+/**
+ * task_ns_capable - Determine whether current task has a superior
+ * capability targeted at a specific task's user namespace.
+ * @t: The task whose user namespace is targeted.
+ * @cap: The capability in question.
+ *
+ * Return true if it does, false otherwise.
+ */
+bool task_ns_capable(struct task_struct *t, int cap)
+{
+ return ns_capable(task_cred_xxx(t, user)->user_ns, cap);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(task_ns_capable);
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 2343c132c5a..5557b55048d 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -741,6 +741,12 @@ int set_create_files_as(struct cred *new, struct inode *inode)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_create_files_as);
+struct user_namespace *current_user_ns(void)
+{
+ return _current_user_ns();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(current_user_ns);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS
bool creds_are_invalid(const struct cred *cred)